CategoriesEducationDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Fundación SidocBeneficiaries: 100 childrenLocation: Cali, Valle del Cauca Fundación Sidoc understands that music can be a gateway that teaches children to break cycles of violence by abandoning the dynamics and spaces that foster violence in their communities. In hopes of creating a program that builds confidence, compassion and tolerance, they created the Children and […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonors: Amgen Foundation and Marcela CepedaLocal Ally: Fundación Casa de la Madre y el NiñoBeneficiaries: 100 childrenLocation: Bogotá, Colombia In Colombia, more than 8,300 children and teenagers have been abandoned by their parents, forcing them to grow up in orphanages, without a defined family to love or respect them. Fundación Casa de la Madre del Niño works to defend the rights […]
CategoriesNewsHaute Living, PDF Version Luxury Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer announced its newest superstar brand ambassador this week in Miami. Holding an intimate press conference at the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach, TAG Heuer CEO and head of LVMH Watch Division Jean-Claude Biver introduced famed Latin musician J. Balvin as the brand’s newest face. The […]
CategoriesEnvironmentDonor: Tamarin FondationLocal Ally: Corporación HorizontesBeneficiaries: 19,682 individuals Location: Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Magdalena Solid residues have become an even greater issue in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in the last few years. However, the indigenous communities of the area, meaning the Arhuacos, Wiwa, Kogui, Kankuamo and rural farming communities, lack the knowledge or the system to deal […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Motorola Solutions FoundationLocal Ally: Corporación Matamoros Beneficiaries: 65 soldiers injured in combatLocation: Bogotá, Colombia For over 50 years, Colombia has suffered an internal conflict that has caused a great deal of suffering and grief for its inhabitants. Criminal groups have carried out many illicit terrorist acts, which affect not only the general public, but also the members of the armed forces […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: AnonymousLocal Ally: Instituto para Niños Ciegos y Sordos del Valle del CaucaBeneficiaries: 212 childrenLocation: Cali, Valle del Cauca The Instituto para Niños Ciegos y Sordos del Valle del Cauca seeks to improve the quality of life of children with visual or hearing impairment, as well as their families and the community through high quality services in visual health, otorhinolaryngology, therapy, […]
CategoriesEconomic DevelopmentDonor: Multiple Donors Local Ally: Fundación Ernestina García de Santo Domingo Beneficiaries: 364 individuals Location: Medellín, Antioquia Fundación Ernestina García de Santo Domingo is a non-profit organization that tends to the progress and growth of the employees and the communities that live in the areas surrounding the different locations of the Grupo Alumina family business in Medellín. The organization […]
CategoriesEconomic DevelopmentDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Fundación Capital FundaKBeneficiaries: N/ALocation: National Imagine if millions of people could help you achieve your dreams by simply donating $1 or $10? You could design the next big invention, go to college, or even start your own business. Countless of sites had already fulfilled this need for many individuals, but none of these worked […]
CategoriesWater & SanitationDonor: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), AquaFund, Japan Special Fund Poverty Reduction Program, Embassy of Japan in Colombia, GE Foundation, Alcaldía Guachené, Corona Organization, Siemens FoundationLocal Allies: Fundación Propal, Fundación ECSIM, Fundación Conhydra, Vialsa Ingenieros, CINARA Beneficiaries: 3,772 students and their familiesLocation: Department of Magdalena In Colombia, over 1 million cases of diarrhea occur every year and 45% of children who drop out of […]
CategoriesNewsIn June, the Hauser Institute at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University published a study entitled “From Prosperity to Purpose: Perspectives on Philanthropy and Social Investment among Wealthy Individuals in Latin America”. The study sought to explore the private giving and social investment practices of high net worth individuals and families in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and […]
